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A taxonomic study of Aquifoliaceae is presented for Serra Negra, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Serra Negra is part of the Mantiqueira Complex, located in the southern portion of Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais. The floristic inventory was performed based on materials from expeditions linked to the “Estudos florísticos na Serra Negra, Minas Gerais” project. Those expeditions occurred between 2003 and 2010. In Serra Negra, Aquifoliaceae is represented by four species: Ilex dumosa, I. paraguariensis, I. subcordata, and I. theezans. Descriptions, identification key, illustrations of diagnostic characters and comments on the taxonomy, ecology and distribution of the species are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A taxonomic study of the Verbenaceae in the Serra Negra, included in the Mantiqueira Complex, located in the south of the Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is presented. Four genera and five species were found: Lantana camara, L. fucata, Lippia origanoides, Stachytarpheta mexiae and Verbena rigida. The first record of the S. mexiae for the Atlantic Domain is presented. Identification keys, descriptions, illustrations, taxonomic comments, ecological and of geographic distribuition for the species are included. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A taxonomic study of the Ericaceae the Espírito Santo state, Southeastern Brazil, Atlantic Forest domain, is presented. Ericaceae is represented by 12 genera and 98 species in the Brazil, with predominant distribution in the southeastern "campos rupestres" and "campos de altitude". In Espírito Santo, 11 species belonging to three genera are recorded - Agarista (two spp.), Gaultheria (two spp.) and Gaylussacia (seven spp.), of which Agarista revoluta, Gaultheria eriophylla var. eriophylla, Gaultheria serrata, Gaylussacia fasciculata and Gaylussacia caparoensis are endemic to the Atlantic Forest, latter is included in the category "Endangered" (EN) by "Livro Vermelho da Flora do Brasil". Identification keys, descriptions, illustrations of diagnostic characters, and comments of geographic distribution, ecological and taxonomic are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Serra Negra is a fragment of the Mantiqueira Range located among Lima Duarte, Santa Bárbara do Monte Verde, Rio Preto and Olaria, with altitudes between 800 and 1700 m. The vegetation is represented by a mosaic of forests and field environments, of which the "campo rupestre" must be highlighted, due to its occurrence in the whole altitudinal range in the area. A wide floristic study was conducted between the years 2003 and 2014 and the collected specimens were deposited in the Herbarium Leopoldo Krieger (CESJ), of the Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. The aim of the present study was to conduct a floristic and taxonomic inventory to the family Ericaceae of the Serra Negra. It were recorded eight species belonging to three genera, of which Gaylussacia and Agarista were the richest, with four and three species, respectively, and Gaultheria represented by just one species. Identification keys, descriptions, illustrations of diagnostic characters, and comments of geographic distribution, ecological and taxonomic are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]